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Nationally Ranked Volleyball Teams Clash Tuesday
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09/23/2013
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{\b WHERE AND WHEN\uc1\u8230?} Dordt College will host the third of
three straight GPAC volleyball matches this Tuesday, September 23
against Northwestern.\~ The junior varsity match starts at 6:00 with
the varsity contest beginning at about\~ 7:30.The match can be heard
on KDCR 88.5 \'46M and there will be live video available at www.dordt.edu/athletics.\~\~
Results will be posted to www.dordt.edu/athletics and https://twitter.com/dcathletics
and also at https://www.facebook.com/dordtdefenders .
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{\b BLACK OUT...}Defender fans are encouraged to wear black for the
match with the Red Raiders.
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{\b THE OPPONENT\uc1\u8230? }Northwestern enters the contest with
a 19\_1 record and a 3\_0 Great Plains Athletic Conference record.\~
The Raiders have won 18 matches in a row dating back to a 3\_2 loss
to Tabor on August 23.\~ Northwestern is 12\_0 in three\_set matches
and they are 3\_0 in matches that are finished in four sets.\~ In
matches that have gone the limit Northwestern is 4\_1.\~ Two of Northwestern\uc1\u8217?s
last four matches have gone to five sets.
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Northwestern is led by Kaitlin \'46loerchinger with a 3.95 kill average
and a .268 kill efficiency.\~ She also has a team high 44 service
aces and gets to 2.9 digs per outing.\~ Karlie Schut puts down 3.64
kills and has 28 service aces and gets 2.41 digs.\~ Kellie Goedken
has a 2.04 kill average and Haley Chambers is at 1.81.\~ Brooke \'46essler
handles the setting with a 10.45 average and she is getting to 2.63
digs per set.\~ Alexis Bart leads the team with a 4.55 dig average
and Goedken leads the team with 1.16 blocks per outing.
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The Raiders average 13.2 kills with a .284 kill efficiency and they
get to 15.78 digs per outing.\~ The Raiders average 1.84 ace serves
and 2.32 blocks.\~ Northwestern is ranked no. 11 in the most recent
Tachikara\_NAIA Coaches\uc1\u8217? Poll.
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{\b THE DE\'46ENDERS\uc1\u8230?} The Defenders are 11\_2 overall and
3\_0 in the GPAC with wins over Briar Cliff, Morningside and Hastings.\~
Dordt\uc1\u8217?s losses this season are to Tabor and Viterbo, both
in five sets.\~ The Defenders have won eight matches in a row dating
back to August 30.
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Dordt College is led by Brooke Wolterstorff\uc1\u8217?s 3.06 kill
average and gets to 2.90 digs and has 14 service aces.\~ Lindsey \'46loen
has lifted her kill average to 2.94 and she has a .433 kill efficiency
to go with 1.08 blocks per outing.\~ Jenna Horstman is putting down
2.58 kills per set and Meghan Krausman is at 2.04.\~ Elizabeth Kiel
is good for 1.42 kills and is averaging just under a block per contest.\~
Kayla Gesink runs the setter position with a 10.3 assist average and
she has a 1.22 kill average to go with 2.7 digs.\~ Gesink\uc1\u8217?s
kill efficiency is .425.\~ Kayla Broekhuis leads the team with 4.94
digs per contest and she has a team high 15 ace serves this season.\~
Jocelyn Bousema is averaging 1.78 digs per outing.
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The Defenders average 12.9 kills per contest with 1.4 service aces
and 2.12 blocks.\~ The Defenders have a\~ .291 kill efficiency which
ranks third in the country.\~ Dordt is averaging 16.04 digs per contest.
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{\b LAST ACTION\uc1\u8230?} Northwestern hosted Doane on Saturday
afternoon and won 3\_2.\~ The Raiders got up 2\_0 with wins in sets
one and two 25\_15, 25\_12.\~ Sets three and four went to the visitors
25\_22, 25\_21.\~ Northwestern bounced back with a 15\_6 win in set
five. \'46loerchinger and Schut had 17 and 16 respectively and Goedken
had nine.\~ \'46essler put up 39 assit s and Bart had 13 digs and
\'46essler 10.
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Dordt turned away Hastings 3\_1 by scores of 25\_19, 25\_21, 31\_33,
25\_17.\~ \'46loen led Dordt with 14 kills and Wolterstorff had 12.\~
Gesink put up 41 assists and had 11 digs while Broekhuis had 11 digs.\~
Horstman, Kiel and Krausman had eight, seven and six kills respectively.
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{\b HISTORY\uc1\u8230? }The Defenders lead the series 25\_14 in matches
played since 1998.\~ Last year\uc1\u8217?s meetings were split with
each team winning at home in five sets.\~ Dordt won the September
26 meeting by scores of 25\_19, 25\_16, 18\_25, 25\_27, 15\_9.\~ Katelyn
Schuller had 14 kills and Danae Geels 13 while Krausman put down 10.\~
Gesink put up 37 assists and Broekhuis had 18 digs.\~ \'46loerchinger
recorded 17 kills and Schut 11.\~ \'46loerchinger also had 13 assists
and a service ace.
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The match at Northwestern on November 1 went to the Raiders by scores
of 27\_29, 25\_21, 23\_25, 25\_16, 15\_7.\~ Schuller had 14 kill sand
\'46loen 13 in the loss while Gesink put up 39 assists.\~ Broekhuis
had a match high 31 digs.\~ Northwestern was topped by \'46loerchinger
with 17 kills and she had 26 assists and 12 digs.\~ Schut was good
for 12 kills and 12 digs and Bart had a team high 17 digs.
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{\b RANKINGS\uc1\u8230?} \'46our conference teams are in the most
recent national poll with Midland no. 5; Northwestern no. 11; Dordt
no. 20 and Hastings no. 25.\~ Concordia (California), winners of 45
matches in a row, is no. 1 again this week.
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{\b WHERE WE GO \'46ROM HERE\uc1\u8230?} The Defenders will travel
to Lincoln, Nebraska to face Nebraska Wesleyan on \'46riday night
and will go to Midland for a 1:30/3:00 junior varsity/varsity date
with the Warriors on Saturday, September 28.\line
Northwestern is scheduled to face Concordia in Seward, Nebraska on
\'46riday, September 27.
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{\b GPAC SCHEDULE AND SCORES\uc1\u8230?}\line
Volleyball Standings (Monday, September 23)\line
School GPAC/Overall\line
Dordt 3\_0/11\_2\line
Northwestern 3\_0/19\_1\line
Midland 2\_0/20\_0\line
Hastings 3\_1/11\_6\line
Nebraska Wesleyan 2\_1/10\_1\line
Concordia 2\_3/11\_5\line
Briar Cliff 1\_2/10\_5\line
Doane 1\_2/7\_8\line
Mount Marty 0\_2/8\_8\line
Dakota Wesleyan 0\_3/4\_12\line
Morningside 0\_3/7\_5
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{\b GPAC Scores and Schedules}
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September 4\line
Hastings def. Concordia 3\_1
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September 11\line
Midland def. Concordia 3\_0\line
Nebraska Wesleyan def. Morningside 3\_1
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September 14\line
Dordt def. Briar Cliff 3\_1\line
Doane def. Hastings 3\_1
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September 17\line
Hastings def. Nebraska Wesleyan 3\_0\line
Doane def. Concordia 3\_0\line
Briar Cliff def. Dakota Wesleyan 3\_0\line
Northwestern def. Mount Marty 3\_0
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September 18\line
Dordt def. Morningside 3\_2\line
September 20\line
Concordia def. Dakota Wesleyan University 3\_0\line
Northwestern College def. Morningside College 3\_1
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September 21\line
Midland def. Briar Cliff 3\_0\line
Concordia def. Mount Marty 3\_0\line
Nebraska Wesleyan def.Dakota Wesleyan 3\_1\line
Dordt\~ def. Hastings 3\_1\line
Northwestern def. Doane 3\_2
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September 24\line
Northwestern @ Dordt\line
Nebraska Wesleyan @ Midland\line
Dakota Wesleyan @ Morningside\line
Briar Cliff @ Mount Marty
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September 25\line
Concordia @ Hastings
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September 27\line
Dakota Wesleyan University @ Midland University\line
Briar Cliff University @\~ Hastings College\line
Dordt College @\~ Nebraska Wesleyan University\line
Morningside College @\~ Doane College\line
Northwestern College @\~ Concordia University
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September 28\line
Morningside College @ Concordia\line
Briar Cliff @Nebraska Wesleyan\~\line
Dakota Wesleyan @Hastings\~\line
Briar Cliff @ Nebraska Wesleyan\~\line
Mount Marty @Doane\line
Dordt @Midland\line
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